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rayiner
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A Capitalist’s Dilemma, Whoever Wins the Election
> Free money encourages waste. It encourages companies and governments to build things they can't really justify and can't afford to maintain
But are we seeing that here in the US? Empiricism is the path to salvation my friend.
tsotha
on Nov 4, 2012
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The problem is you can only see it in the rear-view mirror. Get back to me in a decade.
mbetter
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Ah, non-falsifiable assertions, the best friend of economist and preacher alike.
tsotha
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The entire field of economics is built on non-falsifiable assertions. Without them economists would be working the fry vat.
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But are we seeing that here in the US? Empiricism is the path to salvation my friend.